Final Results
ROCKY FACE, GA.?The Chattanooga men's golf team completed its first Carpet Capital Collegiate with a ninth-place finish at the elite event held at The Farm Golf Club.
The Mocs were ninth heading into Sunday's final round and recorded its best team score of the weekend with a 293. Derek Rende and Jonathan Hodge carded the first rounds under par for the Mocs in the tournament with Rende turning in a 3-under par 69, while Hodge posted a 71.
Rende's round was good enough to vault him from an overnight tie for 23rd into a tie for the 10th spot at even par 216. Hodge finished one stroke back at 1-over par in a tie for 15th.
Rende birdied his first two holes and added another on the 7th to turn at 3-under par. Another birdie on 17 moved him briefly to 4-under, but a lone bogey on the last hole was good for a 69 and a top 10 finish.
Hodge also got off to a quick start with a birdie on the second hole, but made four bogeys over the next eight holes to stand on the 11th tee at 3-over par. Hodge responded with birdies on the 11th and 12th, followed by two more on the 15th and 16th to get back to the red numbers with a 71.
Ben Rickett made a birdie on 18 to post a 75, while Tyler Neff and Fredrik Qvicker both struggled on the back nine to record scores of 78.
“We did a few good things this weekend” said head coach Mark Guhne. “We played with the big boys this weekend and we didn't back down. Derek and Jon stepped it up today when we needed it. It is good for our team to watch the way that these other teams handle themselves on a tough golf course in tough conditions. I have no doubt that this experience will make us a better team.”
The Mocs team score of 5-over par, 293 was its best of the weekend, one stroke better than yesterday's second round. This was the Mocs' first time competing in the Carpet Capital which featured 16 of the 18 teams either ranked or receiving votes in the top 25.
Alabama came from behind to snatch the team title from South Carolina on the first playoff hole. The Crimson Tide started the day seven strokes behind the Gamecocks, but managed a 6-under par round to force a playoff. Chesson Hadley of host Georgia Tech won the individual title at 8-under par.
2007 CARPET CAPITAL COLLEGIATE
FINAL RESULTS
T1. #2 Alabama 292-295-282?869 +5*
T1. #20 South Carolina 292-288-289?869 +5
3. #8 Georgia Tech 296-290-284?870 +6
4. Auburn 298-287-290?875 +11
5. #17 Duke 296-293-291?880 +16
6. #3 Georgia 295-297-290?882 +18
T7. #23 Wake Forest 293-296-294?883 +19
T7. #14 Tennessee 292-300-291?883 +19
T9. Chattanooga 299-294-293?886 +22
T9. Texas Tech 303-292-291?886 +22
11. #21 East Tennessee State 291-308-289?888 +24
12. #4 Florida 300-306-287?893 +29
13. #9 Clemson 303-291-303?897 +33
T14. Augusta State 291-303-304?898 +34
T14. TCU 299-304-295?898 +34
16. #24 Georgia State 301-300-299?900 +36
17. Vanderbilt 305-307-289?901 +37
18. NC State 303-298-301?902 +38
* Won on first playoff hole
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Chesson Hedley (Georgia Tech) 65-69-74?208 -8
2. Michael Thompson (Alabama) 72-70-69?211 -5
T3. Joel Sjoholm (Georgia State) 70-68?212 -4
T3. George Bryan (South Carolina) 71-70-71?212 -4
5. Rhys Enoch (ETSU) 71-74-69?214 -2
T5. Janne Kaske (Augusta State) 71-72?141 -1
CHATTANOOGA INDIVIDUALS
T10. Derek Rende 75-72-69?216 E
T15. Jonathan Hodge 72-74-71?217 +1
T44. Ben Rickett 75-74-75?224 +8
T60. Tyler Neff 77-74-78?229 +13
T66. Fredrik Qvicker 77-75-78?230 +14
